Culture Crossroads

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  • Premiered: Dec 2018
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Season 2024
2024x1
Standing by Afghan Women
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 2024
Yotsukaido City, Chiba Pref., has Japan's largest Afghan population. Language and religion create difficulties for women at schools and hospitals. This program shows people who go all out to help.
2024x2
BOSAI: Be Prepared - Volunteer Fire Corps
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Air date
Feb 12, 2024
This episode introduces Japan's unique volunteer fire corps composed of local residents who often arrive at a disaster scene before professional firefighters. A Thai reporter visits Sano City.
2024x3
BOSAI: Be Prepared - Children's Needs in Disasters
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Air date
Mar 04, 2024
What preparations are needed to protect children in the event of a disaster? This episode considers not only their physical safety, but also their mental well-being during stressful evacuation.
2024x4
Japanese High-Tech Toys Go Global!
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Air date
Mar 24, 2024
Japanese high-tech toys, fusing advanced technology and "kawaii" culture, are booming, even in education and space exploration. Through a Chinese woman at a toy maker, we look at their global advance.
2024x5
Disasters and Foreign Residents
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May 19, 2024
Panic, isolation, evacuation shelter life, community cooperation, network support... Foreign workers living in the Noto Peninsula area describe their experience of the major January 2024 earthquake.
2024x6
Connecting the World Through Fermentation
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May 26, 2024
Japanese fermented foods have a long history, but sake and miso producers face problems as eating habits change. A "fermentation designer" is aiming to bring Japan's fermented culture to the world.
2024x7
Evacuee Support As Time Passes
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Air date
Jun 09, 2024
Local foreign residents have been helping people stricken by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake through ongoing support activities, starting with an emergency curry kitchen and meeting changing needs.
2024x8
Food Adventures Connect Us All
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Jul 07, 2024
A supermarket is attracting attention for its handling of both halal food for Muslims and common Japanese foodstuffs. What is the new kind of communication created by such food culture differences?
2024x9
Tokyo's Largest Indian Community
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Air date
Aug 11, 2024
In Edogawa City, where 40% of Tokyo's Indian population resides, a cultural exchange program gives Japanese residents the chance to visit Indian homes as well as facilities run by Indians.
2024x10
Taxi Driving Opened to Foreigners
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Air date
Sep 08, 2024
In response to a serious labor shortage, Japan's taxi industry is hiring more and more foreign drivers. The program introduces the efforts being employed by both the government and taxi companies to facilitate this.
2024x11
One-Day Chefs Bring Cultures Together
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Oct 07, 2024
A popular cafe in Osaka Prefecture offers international dishes on a day-by-day rotating basis. This helps the foreign residents who prepare them, called "one-day chefs," to get involved in Japanese society.

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